Latin America

He collaborated with the DEA, is that why they killed him? “Those who knew who [he] was, would be fearful of his becoming a DEA collaborator,” López’s lawyer told Univision.

Nery López Sanabria trafficked drugs with the brother of Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez. After his arrest he started cooperating with the DEA. Is that why he was killed?
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Gerardo Reyes, head of Univision News’ investigative unit, was awarded the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar last week, one of the most important awards for Spanish-language journalism.

Was Bolivian President Evo Morales removed by a coup d'etat or was it the result of an authentic popular uprising, and "an example for Latin America?"
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The arrest of Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal comes after Spain’s National Court reversed an earlier ruling that threw out the U.S. arrest warrant.

Along with the Romneys – relatives of Sen. Mitt Romney, whose father was born in Mexico – the LeBarons are among the most storied Mormon families, with a history of violent encounters with organized crime.

A Florida judge dismissed a civil lawsuit in which the Guatemalan church Iglesia Cristiana Casa de Dios and its pastor, Carlos ‘Cash’ Luna, alleged that they were defamed by Univision in reports that revealed that the pastor received financial support for his church from convicted drug dealer, Marllory Chacón.

The eruption of a social crisis in the country that spearheaded economic growth in Latin America for 14 years has perplexed the world. Pensions, health, education and salaries are the fissures within a system that concentrates wealth and has turned Chile into a referent for one of the region’s structural problems: inequality.

Drug ledgers belonging to Nery López Sanabria were used to convict Tony Hernandez in a New York drug trafficking trial this month. His brutal assasination was captured on a prison security camera, and shows Lopez Sanabria being attacked by inmates armed with guns and long knives.
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Juan Antonio 'Tony' Hernández was convicted by a jury in New York of four counts of drug trafficking, illegal possession of weapons and false statements to a US official. He is the latest in a growing list of Honduran politicians to be tried in the United States after avoiding prosecution in Honduras.